Toy.



A. H. WEHLING.

TOY.

APPLICATION man APR. 1?. 19,11.

1,299,274. Patented Apr. 1,1919.

INVENTOR WITNESSES I A.

ATTORNEY ANDREW H. WEI-ILING, or WICHITA, Kansas.

. TOY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 1, 1919.

Application filed April 17, 1917. Serial No. 162,665.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW H. WEH- LING, a citizen of the United States,residing at Wichita, in the county of Sedgwick, and State of Kansas,have invented new and useful Improvements in Toys, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The present invention relates to toys and has for its object to producea toy in the nature of a sand wheel in which the sand is deliveredthrough the reduced mouth of a funnel to the blades of a wheel to causethe rotation of the wheel for a considerable period of time.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a toy of thischaracter wherein the wheel is journaled in a suitable receptacle havinga transparent facing, and within the said receptacle is arranged afunnel that is adapted to deliver the sand to the blades of the wheel,the said funnel having its portion secured to the casing provided withan inlet mouth whereby when the receptacle is turned in said directionsthe funnel may be replenished with the sand so that the handling of thesand by the operator will be entirely overcome.

It is a still further object of the invention to produce a toy includinga revoluble member actuated by a flow of sand contacting with the bladesof the said member and wherein the sand may be of different colors toadd to the novelty of the toy.

l/Vith the above and other objects in view the improvement resides inthe construction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in thefollowing specification and falling within the scope of the appendedclaim.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improvement,

Fig. 2 is a central vertical transverse sectional view, and

Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal sectional view approximately on theline 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, the numeral 1 designates thecasing which may be constructed of any desired material and ispreferably in the nature of a rectangular or square box having its openface closed by a transparent plate 2. Within the casing 1, and at thebottom thereof is centrally arranged a substantially U-shaped member,the vertical elements or standards thereof having alining openingsadjacent their upper ends, and these openings provide journal bearingsfor the shaft 4 of a fiat wheel or disk 5. Upon the periphery of thisdisk is arranged outwardly extending disk members forming blades 7.Secured to the top of the receptacle 1 adjacent one of the cornersthereof, whereby to deliver to the blades, is a cone-shaped member orfunnel 8. The outlet mouth of this funnel is restricted so that the sandwill be de livered therefrom slowly and whereby the wheel will berotated for a considerable length of time by the said sand. The funnel 7upon its upper face and at its side nearest the wheel is provided with atransversely arranged cut away portion forming the same with an inletmouth 9. The sand 10 within the casing is preferably dyed so that anycolor sand may be employed, and in order to deliver the sand to thefunnel the receptacle 1 is first tilted from its base to its side 10,and is then turned upon its top, permitting all of the sand to rest uponthe top of the receptacle and in a line with the mouth of the funnel.The receptacle is then tilted upon its outer corner adjacent to thefunnel, permitting the sand to flow into the mouth of the said funneland when the device is returned to its proper position the sand will bedelivered through the outlet mouth of the funnel to the blades of thewheel. It will thus be noted that the operator of the toy need notcontact with the sand in delivering the same to the funnel.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

In a toy, the combination with a substantially closed rectangularreceptacle having sand therein and having a transparent face, a U-shapedframe having the connecting element for the arms thereof secured in thereceptacle, a disk having a shaft journaled in bearings between the armsof the said U-shaped member, said disk having peripheral slits, bladesinserted in said slits, a funnel-shaped member secured in the corner ofthe inner Wall of the receptacle opposite 5 that to which the U- shapedmember is connected and designed to deliver the sand therefrom to theblades of the Wheel, and

said funnel-shaped member, at the upper and outer edge thereof beingprovided with a transverse opening forming an inlet for 10 thereceptacle.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ANDREW H. WEHLING.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

